Watching Du Chun in such a rage, Yan Kuan suddenly smiled.
At this moment, the scene of them drinking in the bamboo house a few days ago suddenly appeared in his mind.
Uninhibited, happy.
A glint of light ignited in Wu Zheng's calm eyes.
He wanted more than just these; he wanted eternity.
Whether in the imperial court, in private, or when the Juesha Sect was founded, it was only him and Gu Qianying, no one else.
That depends on whether you still have the ability to kill me!"
Yan Kuan's gentle smile was laced with poison.
"Du Chun, Physician Du, your medical skills are superb, and you are very proud. Years ago, by chance, you saved Ninth Imperial Uncle Nangong Mo of the Ninth Prince's Estate, and became his physician. Of course, your chance encounter was not accidental but a deliberate arrangement. In fact, your purpose in infiltrating the Ninth Prince's Estate was to be the Emperor Emeritus's eyes!"
But after spending a long time together, you developed feelings for the people in the Ninth Prince's Estate, and even became friends with Ninth Imperial Uncle Nangong Mo and Sixth Prince Nangong Li. Therefore, for so many years, the information received by the Emperor Emeritus was only of trivial importance, and you never told the Emperor Emeritus Nangong Mo's true intentions.
And since the Emperor ascended the throne, you have had no contact with the Emperor Emeritus and have voluntarily broken free from the control of the Su Ling Pavilion. Am I correct, Commander Du!"
As he spoke, Yan Kuan looked at Du Chun with a smile.
Du Chun, clad in white, his robes fluttering without wind, his white hair cascading down, his expression gradually calmed from rage.
But his hands under his sleeves were clenched tightly.
"Commander"! These two words were his disgrace.
A sacrifice given by his biological father to the most powerful person, it was his misfortune and his lifelong shame.
Only those who climbed out of the pit of the dead and reached the pinnacle could be called Commanders.
Who would have thought that when he was sold by the Su Ling Pavilion to become a Commander candidate, he was only ten years old.
He was thrown into the pit of the living, and only those who turned all the living inside into dead people were considered qualified.
And for a whole month, there was no food, no water. When hungry, he had to gnaw on the flesh of corpses, and when thirsty, he had to drink the blood of others.
If he didn't do so, he would be killed and devoured by the others.
He wanted to live, so he had to become stronger, had to become the kind of person he hated the most.
Man eats man, the strong live, the weak die.
In the end, he survived, becoming the first Commander under the Emperor Emeritus at the young age of nine.
Before being sent to the Ninth Prince's Estate, he studied medicine for two years.
He needed to appear by Ninth Imperial Uncle Nangong Mo's side as a physician.
For so many years, the reason the Emperor Emeritus did not arrange for those noble ladies from outside to infiltrate the Ninth Prince's Estate as concubines
was because the Emperor Emeritus had already planted an informant in the Ninth Prince's Estate.
That informant was him.
Years ago, the Emperor Emeritus knew everything that happened within the Ninth Prince's Estate.
The reason for not moving against Nangong Mo was that he wanted to use Nangong Mo's status as the Ninth Prince to restrain his imperial sons.
Especially since Crown Prince Nan Rongqi and Nangong Li had been fighting for so many years.
The Emperor Emeritus, as the greatest beneficiary of power, was very willing to see this situation.
But who would have thought that Crown Prince Nan Rongqi would collude with the Empress Dowager, and the two of them would have the Emperor Emeritus placed under house arrest, controlled, and usurp the throne.
And he also lost contact with the Emperor Emeritus.
For so many years, his time in the Ninth Prince's Estate was the happiest and most fulfilling time.
There was no endless killing, no dark dawns, and no dirty deals.
He could scheme with Nangong Mo, or drink with Nangong Mo and Nangong Li.
His life was no longer bleak.
But such days were too short.
He was used by Lan Qingqing and left the Ninth Prince's Estate. He regretted it, but even so, he never thought of going back.
Because at that time, he knew that once he returned, he would still have to continue passing on information, and the Commander mission would also need to continue.
After hiding outside for a few days, and after being hurt by love, he met Gu Qianying.
It was Gu Qianying who gave him a ray of light.
"Commander Du, since you have betrayed the Emperor Emeritus, you have also betrayed our Emperor. For your betrayal, you deserve punishment!"
Yan Kuan's words brought Du Chun back to his senses.
In front of him, the wine cup in Yan Kuan's hand was still gently swaying.
"Heh!"
Du Chun sneered, he raised his arm and flicked the wine cup from Yan Kuan's hand, knocking it to the ground.
The moment he raised his arm, he suddenly felt a needle-like prick on the back of his hand, a slight pain.
The wine spilled from the cup and spread on the ground, but nothing unusual happened.
Normally, poisoned water would bubble and corrode the carpet when spilled on it, but the wine spilled on the ground showed no change.
Du Chun frowned and glanced at the ground.
Suddenly, he felt dizzy and his abdomen ached intensely. He supported his swaying body with one hand, leaning on the table, and looked at Yan Kuan with clear eyes: "You... you!"
He was poisoned, but the wine in the cup was not. Where did this poison come from?
"I know you are very suspicious and have excellent medical skills, so ordinary poisons are naturally useless against you. Although you know medicine, you don't understand Gu. Gu poison is also a poison, and it is a deadly poison that can kill you!"
As he spoke.
Yan Kuan extended his other hand from his sleeve, palm facing upwards.
In his palm was a tiny Gu worm.
If one looked closely, the tiny Gu worm had its bloody mouth open, full of blood.
Du Chun's consciousness gradually blurred.
He swayed and raised his palm, wanting to use his internal energy to force out the poison he had ingested.
But he found that he was completely unable to exert any strength.
Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder!
It was that cup of wine!
He looked at the ground again.
Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder is colorless and odorless, not ingested but inhaled.
He had been hit by Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder and lost his internal energy!
His body went limp and he fell, hitting the table. The plates of fruit and pastries on the table all fell to the ground, and the jade butterfly shattered into two halves on the ground.
In Du Chun's last moments of consciousness, he vaguely saw two eunuchs walk towards him and drag him away.
Watching Du Chun, who had fainted, being dragged away by the two eunuchs, Nan Rongqi nodded with satisfaction: "Prime Minister Yan has done very well."
Yan Kuan knelt on the ground, pledging his loyalty: "It is my duty to serve His Majesty."
"Yes, very good, you may rise."
Nan Rongqi sat on the dragon throne, his eyes filled with deep suspicion.
Having learned from past experiences, he naturally did not fully trust Yan Kuan.
"Go, bring the items to me."
A moment later, a young eunuch walked in from outside the hall, bowing. As he entered, he held a wooden tray with red cloth covering it.
He walked up and knelt on the ground.
"Go, bestow all of these upon Lord Yan. Lord Yan is frail and needs to be replenished the most."
With that, Nan Rongqi smiled and looked at Yan Kuan: "Lord Yan, as you said, is my Sixth Brother Nangong Li truly still alive?"
"Yes, Your Majesty.
Yan Kuan knelt on the ground and answered truthfully.
At this moment, the young eunuch had already removed the red cloth from the tray.